Business to Arts in partnership with Dublin City Council have today launched a call for applications to a 24-month Fundraising Fellowship programme for new Fundraising Executives.
This new Fellowship is a unique partnership and programme of activity associated with the New Stream programme, a fundraising capacity building project operated by Business to Arts, which is now in its 7th year.
The Fundraising Fellowship for Dublin-based arts, cultural and community organisations builds on the Docklands Arts Fund created by Business to Arts and Dublin City Council which was launched in 2015, and is part of a series of Legacy Projects developed by Dublin City Council following their European Capital of Culture 2020 designation bid in 2015.
It will offer four, Dublin-based, arts, cultural or community organisations part-funding toward the employment of full-time fundraising or marketing & fundraising human resources, contracted over a 24-month period.
The 4 recruited Fellows will take part in a structured programme of training and mentorship developed by Business to Arts and Dublin City Council as part of the Fellowship. The aim is to equip these fellows and their cultural organisations with skills to build capacity in their own organisations and subsequently share the skills and knowledge with local smaller organisations.
The New Stream programme is a long-term capacity building programme which has been operated by Business to Arts and Funded by Bank of America Merrill Lynch, which has strengthened the skills of 43 cultural organisations to generate new funding streams.
Since 2009, participants in New Stream have raised in-excess of €15.7m as a result of the skills and learning implemented during the programme.
Chief Executive of Business to Arts, Andrew Hetherington commented, "With this new Fellowship, Business to Arts and Dublin City Council are building on our existing partnerships and mutual objectives to address long-term issues facing the cultural sector."
Chief Executive at Dublin City Council, Brendan Kenny added, "We’re delighted to be extending our partnership with Business to Arts to bring important Fundraising and Marketing resources to Dublin community and cultural organisations. Dublin City Council and other funding agencies know that business support is crucial to cultural development, just as Dublin’s cultural life is a key component of Dublin’s economic performance."
Source: www.businessworld.ie
